I'm sorry to report that there aren't any wombats in the St. Louis Zoo, although there were some cool hippos and monkeys. And sea lions that throw frisbees.

Yes, I'm still in the Ozarks. I was backpacking until my backpack broke, and now I'm just driving around the hills looking for cool stuff. Yesterday was tubing down a spring-fed creek (named "Spring Creek"); today is looking for caves. And in the background of it all, you can hear the reassuring explosions coming from the Ft. Leonard Wood demolition range, and you know that the U.S. Army is training yet more men and women in the fine art of blowing things up.